There was a pretty good explanation posted to this list not long after Prizmo 2 came out.
In short, if you use the quick capture, you can get a very good OCR on a page very quickly and you don’t have to go through a lot of hoops. If you use the create a document method, it is a bit more involved, but it is great for making documents you can save, even multi-page documents. For me, it does as good a job as the KNFB reader on the Nokia N82. It does take a fair amount of patience to get through the steps, but it isn’t too bad once you’ve done it a few times. If I can’t find the step-by-step post from before, I’ll see if I can’t create one. Hang in there with it. Richard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karl Smith Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 9:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Specialty OCR Apps In order to try to make a knowledgeable decision about OCR apps I went out and bought Prizmo for $9.95 to see how it compares with the KNFB product. Maybe I’m not very bright but I find the Prizmo app very confusing and not at all intuitive. I have gotten a couple of scans out of it but I’m not sure exactly how it is supposed to work. There seems to be no help for basic functions that I can find. Does anyone know where to get some basic instructions for Prizmo? Thanks. Karl __________ Karl Smith, Access Technology Consultant Axis 4304 South El Camino St. Taylorsville, Utah 84129 Phone: 866-824-7885 Fax: 866-824-7885 E-mail: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Alternate E-mail: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Twitter <http://twitter.com/axistech> http://twitter.com/axistech My blog <http://www.samobile.net/users/oksaxis/blog/> http://www.samobile.net/users/oksaxis/blog/ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Chaffin Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Specialty OCR Apps Now since I do not have a braille display myself, I can not say whether or not apps like text grabber or prizmo work good with a braille display, but it has been stated that the KNFB Reader will work with a braille display. I personally think that they are hoping the reputation of their previous KNFB Reader will help sale the app, but for me, it will just simply be how the app performs versus the already existing apps. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2014, at 9:31 AM, "Scott Duck" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi Everyone, I have been following the thread about the KNFB app. I have no problem with their pricing. People will either buy it or they won’t. So, this is not a slam of the company at all. My question is what is the advantage of a specialty OCR app like this? I frequently use Prizmo and have no problem with it. I occasionally take pictures of documents for OCR and I very frequently use it to recognize PDFs that people E-mail to me that have no text. I even once used it to OCR a picture that was sent to me in a text. What can you do with KNFB Reader that you can’t do with something like Prizmo or Text Grabber? Like most blind people, I do sometimes have issues when taking pictures free hand for OCR because of everything not being lined up quite right but that is going to be an issue regardless of the OCR package that is being used. If you only have half the document in the shot then there is nothing that the app can do to compensate for that. Please understand, I am not trying to bad mouth the app or the company but I truly don’t understand what the advantage is supposed to be. Thanks, Scott Duck -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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